While ancient Slavs believed trees to be sacred, Poles historically have also attributed various magical and medicinal powers to these plants. In Polish folklore, trees were believed to provide the ...

The ‘walking dead’ was a common theme in Polish folklore. In the area where this story originated, people used to believe in strzygońs – corpses with two souls who would rise from the grave and ...

Bottled water is permitted inside the Philharmonic Studio. PLEASE NOTE: Latecomers will not be admitted to the studio after 2 ...

R esearchers in Poland have published a cartometric map that shows the distribution of supernatural beings from Polish folklore along the Polish-German border. The map is beautifully designed to ...

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